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Rh Cidaria corylata, Thunb. Generally distributed in woods, sitting by day on tree trunks

picata, Hb. Chesham, Chalfont St. Peter, Chalfont Road, Black Park, Amersham ; rather local ; a most beautiful species

russata, Schiff., truncata, St.C. Everywhere abundant in hedges and woods

immanata, Haw. Chesham, Chalfont St. Peter, Whittlebury Forest, common at Halton

suffumata, Schiff. Halton, Chalfont St. Peter, Chesham ; frequent in lanes and the edges of woods in the spring

silaceata, Schiff. Marlow, Halton, Aylesbury, Chesham, Whittlebury Forest ; larva upon Epilobium angustifolium

prunata, Linn. Buckingham, Drayton Beauchamp, Chesham ; in gardens among currant bushes

dotata, Linn. ; associata, St.C. Buckingham, Chesham, Chalfont St. Peter, High Wycombe ; also in gardens among currant

fulvata, Forst. Generally distributed in woods, lanes and gardens, among rose

pyraliata, Bkh., dotata, St.C. Buckingham, Chesham, Leckhampstead ; in hedges and gardens about cleavers (Galium aparine)

populata, Bkh. Recorded from Chesham by Dr. Churchill

testata, Linn. Chesham, Buckingham

Scotosia vetulata, Schiff. Halton, Chesham, Chalfont St. Peter, Drayton Beauchamp, Whittlebury Forest ; among Rhamnus

rhamnata, Schiff. Halton, Buckingham, Taplow, Drayton Beauchamp, Whittlebury Forest ; also among Rhamnus ; readily attracted by light

undulata, Linn. Halton, Buckingham

dubitata, Linn. Generally distributed in gardens, lanes and woods, but usually not plentiful

certata, Hb. Chesham, Black Park ; among Berberis and Mahonia in gardens

Camptogramma bilineata, Linn. Abundant everywhere

Phibalapteryx vitalbata, Schiff. Reared from larvae on Clematis at Chesham by Dr. Churchill, and taken at Wendover by Mr. H. J. Turner

tersata, Schiff. Chesham, Chalfont St. Peter ; about masses of Clematis vitalba in hedges, Wendover

Thera firmata, Hb. Chalfont St. Peter, Marlow, Black Park ; among Scotch fir

variata, Schiff. Chalfont St. Peter, Chesham, Black Park ; common among firs

Hypsipetes ruberata, Frey ; literata, St.C. Chesham, Halton ; pupa under loose bark of poplars and willows, not commonly

impluviata, Schiff. ; trifasciata, St.C. Chesham ; common at Halton ; among alder

elutata, Schiff. ; sordidata, St.C. Everywhere abundant in hedges and woods

Oporabia dilutata, SchifF. Chesham, High Wycombe ; very common at Halton, especially in the larva and pupa states ; probably in most woods ; flying in November

Cheimatobia boreata, Hb. Chesham, on palings ; found by the Rev. Bernard Smith in 1854, rather commonly in beech woods at Great Marlow and Honor Park, sitting on the trunks of the beeches ; its usual food plant, the birch, being almost absent

brumata, Linn. Everywhere abundant in the winter in woods, orchards and hedges ; larvæ most injurious to the apple-crop by feeding in the blossoms

Lobophora sexalata, Hb. ; sexalisata, St.C. Halton, among sallow

viretata, Hb. Marlow, Chesham ; on tree trunks

Chesias spartiata, SchifF. Reared by Dr. Churchill from larvae found on broom at Chesham

Anaitis plagiata, Linn. Halton, Chesham, the Chiltern district ; common on hillsides

Eubolia palumbaria, SchifF. ; plumbaria, St.C. Chesham, common at Halton ; usually found plentifully upon commons and rough heathland

bipunctaria, Schiff. Wendover, Chalfont St. Peter, Chesham, Halton ; usually in chalk districts, resting upon the ground

cervinaria, Schiff. Halton, Chesham ; among mallow

mensuraria, Schiff. ; limitata, St.C.  Abundant everywhere in waysides and rough grass land

Eupithecia togata, Hb. This large and handsome ' pug ' moth was discovered, as British, in Black Park, in June, 1845, by Mr. Desvignes, the eminent hymenopterist, the late Mr. Samuel Stevens and others, of whom but one, Mr. J. W. Douglas, now survives. Some years later the Rev. J. Greene beat out two specimens from a fir in Beech Wood near Halton ; it does not seem to have been seen in the county since, but is found among spruce fir, in the cones